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Don't Say "No!"
from Lee Charles Kelley
on Tuesday November 29th, 2011 at 03:31 AM
I recently got a question from a student of mine asking me how I feel about using the word No! to correct dogs. So I dug into the archives (yes, I have archives, tons of them), and found these two stories that, I think, explain my position on No! pretty well. Just to be clear, though, I sometimes refer to No! as the N word of dog training. So don't use it! Below, youll find two of my reasons why... Ahhh, that's more like it... Do You Know How Much Energy That Would Take? Mack, a Jack Russell...Lexi and Melissa in Frank Sinatra Park: Understanding Attraction & Resistance
from Lee Charles Kelley
on Friday April 15th, 2011 at 01:10 PM
This post is an extension of my latest for PsychologyToday.com. Lexi & Melissa in Hoboken In Unified Dog Theory XIV: The Importance of Understanding Attraction and Resistance, which was posted earlier today at PsychologyToday.com, I discuss the properties of attraction and resistance, and their importance in understanding how and why dogs do the things they do. If you've read that article, feel free to skip the paragraphs in blue. If you haven't, you'll need to read them now to be up to...It Was Just Like Love
from Lee Charles Kelley
on Friday February 11th, 2011 at 03:05 AM
Another tune from the pen of LCK. So I'm putting together a 4-song submission for ASCAPs Songwriter's Workshop. And I'd like to know what you think of this recording. The main body of the tune was recorded live at Birdland in New York City, on someones iPod, during a singing workshop with Tierney Sutton. The audio quality is low, but the musicians The Christian Jacob Trio (also known as The Tierney Sutton Band) were phenomenal. I also stumbled a little with the lyric. I can probably clean...Reply to Patricia McConnell
from Lee Charles Kelley
on Monday January 24th, 2011 at 03:21 AM
This is a reply to Patricia McConnell's critique of one of my PsychologyToday.com articles. Patricia McConnell with One of Her Border Collies Thank you, Dr. McConnell, for mentioning my PsychologyToday.com blog article here. Oscar Wilde said that the only thing worse than people talking about you, is people not talking about you. Still, I stand by what I wrote. And Id have to say that some of the people commenting here have actually proved my point for me. It might help to know that the..."Last Train to Mercerville"
from Lee Charles Kelley
on Thursday January 13th, 2011 at 05:15 AM
My two favorite songwriters of the golden age are Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael. Here's a song I wrote about Mercer. The trick to it is that in nearly every line, starting after the opening (or what they call "the verse") there's at least one Johnny Mercer song title. In other words, the entire lyric is made up of Mercer song titles.. (click on the image below to buy this book) (click here to listen to a recording) "The Last Train to Mercerville" Sometimes in quiet contemplation when...Unified Dog Theory IX: Language, Representational Thinking, and Object Relations in Dogs
from Lee Charles Kelley
on Wednesday January 12th, 2011 at 06:14 AM
Chaser There are three interesting studies in the news right now. The first is about Chaser, a border collie who's been rigorously trained to remember the names of all 1022 of her toys, and can differentiate between the verbs "to nose," "to paw," and "to take." She learned to do this in a series of 4-hour sessions, taking place over a period of three years, using a ball as a reward for making a successful match between a word and a toy, or a word and an action. Some in the media, and even in..."New York in the Rain"
from Lee Charles Kelley
on Thursday December 2nd, 2010 at 03:08 AM
I got the idea for this song a few months ago, while riding in a cab on a rainy fall afternoon. As I looked out at the city, I thought to myself, "I love New York in the rain..." then thought, "Hey, that might make a good song title." Later, I got an image of two people huddled under an awning during a summer storm, then took it from there. "New York in the Rain" (click on title above to hear a demo) Some folks fear the weatherman. They don't like to get wet. I once feared the weatherman...Curing Thunder Phobia
from Lee Charles Kelley
on Wednesday November 17th, 2010 at 02:36 AM
Those of us who are familiar with the Natural Dog Training philosophy are so used to being ahead of the curve on some training issues it can sometimes come as a shock to us when we find out how many of the techniques we've been using for years are met not only with skepticism but hostility by others in the field. Barking at the Storm: Curing Thunder Phobia in Dogs Years ago -- back when my dog Freddie was having almost daily panic attacks over any little sidewalk noise here in New York City...
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